Early-morning readers of the Times-Standard’s website were treated to yet anotherheadline error, this one stating that “EDP” officers would be joining the Sheriff’s SWAT team.

When asked if the Eureka Police Department had changed its name, Times-Standard ace reporter Thadeus Greenson said it had not, and explained that the newspaper was “experimenting with a variety of error formats” intended to enhance the readership experience.

“Any newspaper can screw up complicated things,” Greenson explained, “but we’re focusing our efforts on making mistakes that are accessible to everyone.

“I mean fuck,” he said. “We misspelled a fucking three-letter acronym in a headline. It doesn’t get much more accessible than that.”

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So evidently I wasn’t the only person who noticed this. Every time I read one of the local papers I’m struck by the thought that I would make an excellent copy editor. The errors are so glaring, probably everyone thinks that.

As a matter of fact, we have heard of the screen shot image tool, 10:52. But using it would deprive both our readers of what is obviously an inferior photo taken with our inferior camera-phone. And why would we want to do that? Huh?